Objective: The industrial aluminum production process is addressed. The purpose is to give
a short but comprehensive description of the electrolysis cell technology, the raw materials …

The number concentration and size distribution of ultrafine particles in a Søderberg and a
prebake potroom of an aluminium primary smelter have been measured using a scanning …

A cross‐sectional study was conducted at a Norwegian primary aluminum plant. All workers
aged 61‐66 years were offered early retirement benefits. Among the workers, 47 met the …

One hundred and twenty-four infants admitted to hospitals in Norway between 1955 and
1974 during the first 3 months of life with cholestatic jaundice were studied retrospectively …

Aerosol particles with aerodynamic diameters between 0.18 and 10 μm were collected in the
workroom air of two aluminium smelter potrooms with different production processes …

Recent data suggest that hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with an increased risk for
premature vascular disease. Total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) may be increased by …

Forty patients who underwent elective cholecystectomy were examined preoperatively and
during the first postoperative week by physical examination, measurement of FVC and …

Plasma total homocysteine response was compared in four groups of healthy individuals
given orally divided doses of vitamin supplementations for a duration of 5 weeks. The …

Aims: To examine whether asthma induced by exposure to aluminium potroom emissions
(potroom asthma) is associated with inflammatory changes in the airways. Methods …

Evaluation of biomarkers for genotoxic exposure are important for future use of such
biomarkers in cancer prevention. We have studied a group of aluminum plant workers for a …